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Word: backups (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...begun. Six minutes later it continued, as Yardling Bill Mohler replaced his classmate and chipped in some nifty ball handling and two blocked shots to a lineup that included backup sophomore guard Bob Daughterly...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Undefeated Cagers Elude Purple Knights, 66-60 | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...during Reagan's first term, in a face-off with Dole. In Stevens' corner was Barry Goldwater of Arizona, who in an effective, if quirky, nomination speech compared the Senate to the Washington Redskins football team and cast Stevens as a man who had valuable experience playing "backup quarterback." But the elder statesman's plug was not enough. Stevens, known for his combustible temper, lost by three votes, and in a display of characteristic crotchetiness, immediately threatened to renew his challenge to Dole in two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Declaration of Independence | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...unfair for students in a few select majors not to be allowed to graduate in their concentration simply because they do not meet the presumably high standards for honors. Undergraduates should be allowed to graduate in the field in which they have truly concentrated rather than forced into a backup major at the last minute or into the nether world of general studies...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Dump 'Honors-Only' | 12/5/1984 | See Source »

...Baruch and others said the Conservation Commission did not have the tests and that they had been unable to get anything out of DEQE because of the paperwork and backup there...

Author: By Joseph Menn, | Title: Residents Demand Testing of Chemical Dump | 11/27/1984 | See Source »

...when starter Ben Thio went down with strained knee ligaments in the Oct, 13 Cornell game, it was time for the backup to get his uniform dirty...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: BEN THIO and WAYNE HUNLEY | 11/8/1984 | See Source »

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